Alcohol is fine in moderation, but we don’t want to bring up all the deaths by self inflicted alcohol poisoning now do we? Water is great for you, in fact needed. But (as we learned not too long ago) you can kill yourself with it as well. Maybe we should outlaw more substances for the greater good, comrade. I hear some kids at my school are allergic to peanuts. Need to ban them; oh wait, they did because the kids at risk are too damn stoopid to be educated by their parents. Point is, people are going to do stupid things; I don’t want my liberties infringed en masse because of others poor decisions (hold THEM accountable, NOT me) no matter what I choose to partake just so long as I don’t hurt or otherwise damage another citizens rights or liberties. You need to re-focus on personal responsiblity as does this society and quit punishing society through a politician because we can’t hold the offender accountable.
The doctors say pot use causes changes to the brain. In other words there is scientific evidence that pot causes brain damage with even light use.
Not only that but it effects the DNA which results in changes to offspring.
Not to mention the drug lords and corruption this is increasing.
I don’t care if people use it and it looks like it was legalized fair and square in Colorado and that’s fine with me.
I resent the lies that people tell about the drug, e.g. it’s just some harmless thing that people do in the privacy of their homes while listening to Phish CDs and it doesn’t affect anyone other than the user. It can be harmful, and it can affect others, just like the alcohol and tobacco and anything you can cite. I’d just like to some honesty about marijuana use similar to the honesty we hear about alcohol and other products. People aren’t making informed choices about marijuana that they are making about other legal drugs.